Tool handle



l. D. HRENCZUK. TOOL HANDLE.

APPLICATION FILED FEB: 21. 1922.

1,431,805. Patented Oct. 10, 1922.

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TOOL .HANDLE Application filed February 21, 1922. SerialvNo. 538,163.

.To all ifi/iam l1 may concer/1 Be .it known that I, lwanl). Hnnrioziirk, a citizen oi Ukraine, residing at Boston, in the county oit Suffolk and State-ot Massachusetts, haveinvented certain new and use? Y ful Improvements in Tool Handles, of which the following is a specification.

This invention relates to certain new and useful improvements in tool handles, and has particular reference to a handle provided with a reversible socket wrench, the outer end of the handle being provided with .l a socket Yfor the recept-ion of a tool blade such as a screw driver blade or auger.

The invention embodies in a tool handle ot' the type above set forth, the pro-vision o'la reversible socket wrench in the handle with adjusting screws carried by kthe handle Y and associated with the socket wrench mechanism for controlling the operating direction of movement thereof. j l

A further object of the invention is to pro vide a removable blade for a tool handle wherein a socket member carried by the tool handle adjust-ably receives the blade in a manner to vary the projecting' length of the blade with respect to the socket member in the tool handle.

l/Vith the above general objects in view and others that will appear as the nature of the invention is better understood, the same consists of the novel form, combination and arrangement of parts hereinafter more fully described,shown in the accompanying drawing and claimed.

In the drawing, wherein like reference characters designate corresponding parts throughout lthe several views,

Figure l is a longitudinal sectional view taken on line I-l of Fig. 2 showing the screw operated ratchet dogs engaging the ratchet member o'l the socket wrench and the extensible blade carried by the tool handle,

Figure 2 is an edge elevational view, partly in section showing one of the ratchet dogs with the socket wrench engaging a member, as illustrated by dotted lines,

1 Figure 3 is a longitudinal sectional view oi the tool associated with the handle showing the socket member for attachment to the handle and the blade resiliently mounted in the socket member with the screw pin for holding the blade in its adjusted position, an

Figure 4 is a side elevational View of the blade and carrying the socketmeinber.

Referring more in detail to the accompanying drawings, there is: illustrated a tool handle embodying a body portion l having a relatively large elongated side opening socket 2 therein ywith a face plate 3 closing the open side ot' the socket and extending over the entire adjacent face of the handle. As shown in Figs. l and 2, the outer end of the handle l is provided with a polygonal socket 4 'for the reception of a tool blade to be later described.

A ratchet controlled socket wrench is carried by the handle l, the socket wrench having bearing ends 5 journaled 4in the bot- 70 tom wall of the socket2 and the opposite side plates 3, the socket wrench extending transversely of the handle with the polygonal bore 6 formed therein registering with the openings 7 in the handle l and side 75 plates 3. rThe socket wrenchextends transversely of the' outer end of the socket 2 and the external face thereof is provided with ratchet teeth 8 disposed in said socket.

Spring pressed dogs are associated with 30 the socket wrench, each dog 9 being pivotally mounted intermediate its ends upon a pin l0 supported in the handle as shown in Fig. 2, the outer ends of the dogs engaging the ratchet teeth S upon the socket wrench g5 at opposite sides ot the verticalaxis thereof. As shown in Fig. l, a coil spring l1 extends between the inner ends of the dogs 9, nori really to separate the inner ends and force the outer ends thereof into engagement with the ratchet teeth 8. The inner end of each dog carries a socket member l2 within which van adjusting screw 13 is received, the screw being threaded .through the opposite edge walls ot the handle tor shitting the inner ends oll the dogs against the tension of the spring 'll and to selectively disengage the outer ends ol either dog -from the ratchet teeth 8. y

From the above detail description ot the socket wrench, it is believed that the construction and operation thereof will at once be apparent,.it being noted that either or' the screws 13 may be operated for shifting` a dog 9, as shown by dotted lines in Fig. l to a disengaging position with respect to the socket wrench, at which time the dog 9 remaining in engagement therewith will cause the Working movement ot the socket wrench in one direction with the dog 9 escaping the teeth when movement of the handle in the opposite direction is effected. The spring 11 normally forces the inner ends of the dogs apart .with the outer ends thereof into engagement with the ratchet teeth 8. Upon operating either ot' the screws 13, the desired dog 9 is placed in operative engagement with the wrench socket member, and the socket member is accordingly locked to the tool handle when the handle is shifted in the proper direction.

A tool blade ot any preferred type is as sooiated with the outer'end of the handle, the elongated socket member lecarrying a polygonal base block 15 that is received in the socket 1 of the tool handle slidably receives the tool blade 16, a coil spring-V vbeing anchored at opposite endsas at 18 screwpin 21 holds the tool blade in vits adjusted position.v It Will therefore be seen that the blade 16 may be projected the desired distance to accommodate the tool to various classes of Work, While the connecifianeoe is herein shown and described the preferredv embodimenty of the present'invention, it is nevertheless to be understood that minor changes may be made in the invention -without departing from the spirit vand scope thereof.

lVhat is claimed asnew is:-l

A t-ool of the type described, comprising a body portion having a side opening socket therein, a side plate for closing the socket, a socket Wrench journaled in the handle and extending transversely ot said socket, a pair of opposed dogs pivotally mounted in the handle socket in engagement `With the socket Wrench, a single expansion spring interposed between the inner ends ot' the dogs, and a screw pin for engaging each of the dogs to shift the same to a! position spaced from the Wrench socket against the tension ot' the spring With one ot the dogs remaining in ratcheting engagement With the wrench socket. l

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